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Released
  
1975

Length
  
87:13

Artist
  
Terje Rypdal

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 1975

Odyssey (1975)
  
After the Rain (1976)

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
ECM Records

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Terje Rypdal albums, Jazz albums

Odyssey is the fifth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Terje rypdal odyssey live at molde jazz festival norway 29 july 1975


Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "A magnificant effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz with long, brooding electric ruminations".

Track listing

All compositions by Terje Rypdal
  1. "Darkness Falls" - 3:33
  2. "Midnite" - 16:45
  3. "Adagio" - 13:16
  4. "Better Off Without You" - 7:37
  5. "Over Birkerot" - 4:48
  6. "Fare Well" - 11:25
  7. "Ballade" - 5:55
  8. "Rolling Stone" - 23:54
  • Recorded at the Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway in August 1975

    • The album's first appearance on CD was in a single-disc version released in 1994 with "Rolling Stone" omitted. In 2012 ECM released a three-disc box set with the complete original track listing, plus Unfinished Highballs, a previously unreleased live recording from 1976.

    Unfinished Highballs track listing:
    1. "Unfinished Highballs" - 3:52
    2. "The Golden Eye" - 14:04
    3. "Scarlet Mistress" - 12:25
    4. "Dawn" - 12:29
    5. "Dine and Dance to the Music of the Waves" - 11:40
    6. "Talking Back" - 7:10
    7. "Bright Lights Big City" - 6:15

    Personnel

  • Terje Rypdal — guitar, synthesizer, soprano saxophone
  • Brynjulf Blix — organ
  • Torbjørn Sunde — trombone
  • Sveinung Hovensjø — electric bass
  • Svein Christiansen — drums

    • Songs

    1Darkness Falls3:31
    2Midnite16:44
    3Adagio13:17

    References

    Odyssey (Terje Rypdal album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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